Twitter has not complied with IT rules as of July 1: Govt to HC

The Union government informed the Delhi high court on Monday that Twitter has lost its immunity from criminal prosecution for content on its site due to the failure to appoint grievance redressal officers as required under the new Information Technology rules.

Submitting an affidavit in response to a petition by a lawyer, the government said that Twitter and other social media intermediaries were given a “sufficient” period of three months from February 25, when the guidelines were announced (they came into effect on May 25) to comply with the due diligence norm in order to avail of protection from prosecutions in cases of obnoxious and offensive content posted by a third party.